Table 2

Results of Group I scaling model development relating five measured circumferences to volume/height and age.
Circumference
 Males
 Females


N
 V/H
 Age
 Int
 SEE
 R
 N
 V/H
 Age
 Int
 SEE
 R
Arm
 159
 0.61
 -0.052
 4.20
 0.05
 0.88
 192
 0.62
 0.024
 3.88
 0.06
 0.93
Waist
 159
 0.62
 0.100
 4.63
 0.04
 0.94
 191
 0.61
 0.064
 4.68
 0.06
 0.93
Hip
 159
 0.42
 NS
 4.96
 0.03
 0.94
 190
 0.49
 NS
 5.06
 0.04
 0.94
Thigh
 150
 0.50
 -0.100
 4.80
 0.05
 0.83
 183
 0.54
 -0.032
 4.65
 0.06
 0.88
Calf
 155
 0.38
 -0.040
 4.10
 0.05
 0.77
 188
 0.33
 -0.046
 4.07
 0.05
 0.83
Average
 146
 0.51
 NS
 4.57
 0.02
 0.98
 176
 0.54
 NS
 4.60
 0.02
 0.98

All models are p < 0.01. Circumferences and height (H) in cm, volume (V) in L, and age in yrs. Abbreviations: Int, intercept; R, correlation coefficient; SEE, standard error of the estimate. V/H and age are the beta weights and Int the intercept for a regression model of the form presented in equation 5.

Heymsfield et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2008 5:24   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-5-24